Donald Trump announces cast for new season

The Donald made the announcement earlier this morning on The Today Show, Celebrity Apprentice returns for a new season January 4th on NBC.

The new season will make it's debut with a 2 hour premiere, and without further ado, here's the list of people you'll be seeing competing on the show:

Reality TV star Kate Gosselin
"Sharknado" star Ian Ziering
Actor, musician and reality star Kevin Jonas
Reporter and talk show host Geraldo Rivera
Brandi Glanville of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
Gold-medal gymnast and "Dancing With the Stars" winner Shawn Johnson
Sig Hansen, who captains the crab boat Northwestern on "The Deadliest Catch"
Actress Vivica Fox
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried
Actor and reality TV star Lorenzo Lamas
Talk show host Leeza Gibbons
Actress and former Miss USA Kenya Moore
MLB outfielder Johnny Damon
Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens
Keshia Knight Pulliam, better known as Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show"
Gold medal-winning snowboarder Jamie Anderson

We decided, in memoriam, we're going do something and honor her during those two shows, she was so good, and I think she would have liked it that way.

Plus, legendary comedian Joan Rivers will be making an appearance. She was scheduled to be a judge on the new season and filmed some scenes for the upcoming season before she passed away in September.

Initially, the scenes with Joan Rivers were going to be deleted following her death, but in the end they decided to keep them as a way to remember her.

Donald Trump had this to say to Today Show's Matt Lauer: "We decided, in memoriam, we're going to do something and honor her during those two shows, she was so good, and I think she would have liked it that way."